Nursery World - Why young children are too young to fail

Wendy Ellyat says the Government response to 'Too Much Too Young' is inadequate and issues an invitation to join the campaign

It has now been 20 days since the Save Childhood Movement’s Early Years Education Group launched the Too Much Too Soon Campaign with an Open Letter signed by 127 eminent early years experts and leaders. The letter argued that children in England start formal learning much earlier than elsewhere in the world, that they are subject to developmentally inappropriate pressures that damage their heath and wellbeing and that even the value of their play is now being undermined. It stated that boys and summer-born children are particularly disadvantaged by the current system and can carry the consequences throughout their lives.

We also launched the website www.toomuchtoosoon.org that provides a comprehensive list of the research evidence backing up the arguments.

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